The common neural bases between sexual desire and love: a multilevel kernel density fMRI analysis

Cacioppo, Stéphanie; Bianchi-Demicheli, Francesco; Frum, Chris; Pfaus, James G; Lewis, James W

doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02651.x

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The common neural bases between sexual desire and love: a multilevel kernel density fMRI analysis

ContributorsCacioppo, Stéphanie; Bianchi-Demicheli, Francesco; Frum, Chris; Pfaus, James G; Lewis, James W

Published inThe journal of sexual medicine, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 1048-1054

Publication date2012

Abstract

One of the most difficult dilemmas in relationship science and couple therapy concerns the interaction between sexual desire and love. As two mental states of intense longing for union with others, sexual desire and love are, in fact, often difficult to disentangle from one another.

Keywords

Brain/physiology
Brain Mapping
Dominance, Cerebral/physiology
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Libido/physiology
Love
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Nerve Net/physiology
Retrospective Studies

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research group

Organisation de la fonction sexuelle humaine (692)

Citation (ISO format)

CACIOPPO, Stéphanie et al. The common neural bases between sexual desire and love: a multilevel kernel density fMRI analysis. In: The journal of sexual medicine, 2012, vol. 9, n° 4, p. 1048–1054. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02651.x

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PID : unige:29184
DOI : 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02651.x
PMID : 22353205

ISSN of the journal1743-6095

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The common neural bases between sexual desire and love: a multilevel kernel density fMRI analysis

One of the most difficult dilemmas in relationship science and couple therapy concerns the interaction between sexual desire and love. As two mental states of intense longing for union with others, sexual desire and love are, in fact, often difficult to disentangle from one another.

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